Biological Security - Weekly Update - March 2023

The Weekly Biological Security Update is prepared by PGA's International Peace and Security Program and provided strictly for informational purposes only. Any opinions expressed in articles contained in this Update are not necessarily shared by PGA or any individual/s associated with PGA, nor does PGA, or any individual/s associated with PGA, vouch for the accuracy of the contents of these articles.

March6

Country	Topic	Source
Global	Can a 1975 bioweapons ban handle today’s biothreats?	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Africa	https://africacdc.org/news-item/africa-cdc-in-collaboration-with-institut-pasteur-de-dakar-ipd-organized-a-training-on-molecular-diagnosis-of-marburg-virus/	Africa CDC
Africa	Africa - Africa CDC publishes its first list of priority pathogens	Devex.com
Africa	AFRICAN REGION SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE - Looking Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic">	Newvision (Uganda)
Bangladesh	Housewife dies of Nipah in Naogaon	New Age
Global	Biohacking: The Latest Health Craze, Health Hazard or Biowarfare?	Home - Impakter
Cameroon	Anticipatory action for Marburg, DREF Application (MDRCM033)	ReliefWeb
Canada	Guelph-based company in the business of fighting bioterrorism	Guelph News
Canada	U of M researchers join group to better prepare Canada for another pandemic	Winnipeg News
Canada/US	Destructive ‘Super Pigs’ From Canada Threaten the Northern U.S.	Smithsonian Magazine
Canada	North America expands veterinary biodefense network with VIDO	National Hog Farmer
China/US	FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak 'most likely'	BBC - Homepage
DRC	Experts dismiss as “absurd” WHO’s excusal of staff sex misconduct in Congo ">	Daily Mail
DRC	WHO calls in experts to decide on conflicting Ebola sex abuse reports">	The New Humanitarian
RDC	Le Sud-Kivu peine à se débarrasser d’une épidémie de peste des petits ruminants	Home - SciDev.Net
Equatorial Guinea	Death Toll in Equatorial Guinea Marburg Outbreak Rises to 11	VOA - Voice of America English News
Global	From the Archives: How the World’s Deadliest Ebola Outbreak Unfolded	PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Germany	Ricin’s Round Two: Germany Prevents Another Islamic State-Motivated Bioterrorism Attack	The Jamestown Foundation
Germany	Germany takes a tougher stance against bypassing Russia Sanctions via third countries	JD Supra
Global	How “Spillover Events Propel Animal Diseases Into Human Populations	IFLScience
Global	How We Found That Sites of Previous Ebola Outbreaks Are at Higher Risk Than Before	ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest
India	A new 'new normal' for zoonotic diseases	The Economic Times
India	World Bank to provide one billion dollar health loan to India	Daily Times - Pakistan
Iran	Iranian officials to investigate ‘revenge’ poisoning of schoolgirls	The Guardian
Iran	Iran probes 'deliberate' poisoning of schoolgirls across the country	NBC News
Global	L’intelligence artificielle pourrait être utilisée à des fins d’armes biologiques selon les scientifiques	Yahoo News
Global	Lab Leak or Not, Covid’s Mysteries Still Need Solving ">	Unknown Site
Global	Lab-Leak Intelligence Reports Aren’t Scientific Conclusions	Scientific American
Nigeria	Biosafety agency reviews regulatory instruments since 2015 inception	Evniviron News Nigeria
Nigeria	Biosafety agency assures of safe environment	Evniviron News Nigeria
Global	The One Health Story: It’s More than Infectious Diseases	Home - Impakter
Global	On The Edge	ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest
Philippines/US	U.S. Supports Launch of Philippine E-Licensing Platform for Strategic Goods	PACOM
Philippines/US	U.S. Supports Launch of Philippine E-Licensing Platform for Strategic Goods	PHilStar Global
Russian Federation	"Biological Chernobyl": When A Deadly Infectious Disease Broke Out From A Soviet Lab In 1979	IFLScience.com
Sierra Leone	We will not be defined by epidemics and pandemics – Sierra Leone’s President Bio tells High-Level Africa-CDC Forum	The Sierra Leone Telegraph
Sierra Leone	“Every aspect of sexual and reproductive health is impacted”: The hidden toll of Ebola	GAVI - The Vaccine Alliance
Global	The next pandemic: if we can’t respond, we’re not prepared	ReliefWeb
Global	The Seven Deadly Sins of Biomedical Research	Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
United Nations	The Twentieth Program of Work of the 1540 Committee is published "....(Transparency and Outreach)...22. The Committee will organize and participate in outreach events on the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) at the international, regional, subregional and, as appropriate, national levels, including on specific thematic and regional issues, and will invite, as appropriate, parliamentarians, as well as representatives of civil society, industry and academia....."	United Nations
United Nations	The Twentieth Program of Work of the 1540 Committee is published	United Nations
United Nations	Summary of 1540 Committee 92nd formal meeting is posted.	United Nations
United Nations	(2019)	United Nations

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Past Engagement of UNSCR 1540 Committee/UNSCR 1540 Committee Group of Experts with PGA

Country	Topic	Source
Global	Workshop on ‘Promoting the Role of Women Parliamentarians in Africa in preventing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (2019)	United Nations
Global	VIDEO MESSAGE TO THE PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION (PGA) REGIONAL AFRICA PARLIAMENTARY WORKSHOP TO PROMOTE UNIVERSALITY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPONS CONVENTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1540 (2004) (2018)	United Nations
PGA	PGA Regional Caribbean Workshop to Promote Universality and Implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540	Unitd Nations
United Nations	General Assembly Adopts Resolutions Deciding Format, Focus of Upcoming High-level Meetings in September on Pandemic Prevention and Response, fighting Tuberculosis	UN Press
United States	Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Geeta Mohan of India Today	US Department of State
United States	COVID-19 may have originated in Chinese lab, but no evidence it was bioweapon	UNITED NEWS OF INDIA
United States	FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs National Security Memorandum to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism and Advance Nuclear and Radioactive Material Security	The White House
United States	What's the 'Z Division'? A secret team of scientists searches for answers on COVID-19's origins	USA TODAY
United States	Bio Revolution ready to scale	Forbes
United States	Biotech startup focused on bat biology raises $100 million	Axios
United States	Ginkgo Bioworks Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results ">	Hoards.com
United States	Dr. Nicholas Bergman Selected NBACC Lab Director	Business Wire
United States	T2 Biosystems Readies Biothreat Panel for FDA Submission While Keeping Eye on Sepsis Market	Genetics News
United States	FDA Grants First Marketing Rights for Anthrax Point-of-Care Test to InBios	goskagit.com \| Skagit County's Home Page
Global	What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?	NPR
Global	We’ve Been Talking About the Lab-Leak Hypothesis All Wrong	The New York Times
Global	Why Covid's 'lab leak' theory isn't all that crazy: Fascinating interactive map logs EVERY single biosecurity blunder of the last 100 years – including the 'Biological Chernobyl' that the Soviet Union tried to cover-up in the 70s...	Daily Mail Online
Global	Why are eggs so expensive? Because an avian flu killed 43 million hens last year	The Guardian
Global	Why Technology Will Define the Future of Geopolitics "....Perhaps even more important, the warfare of the future will target individuals in completely new ways: authoritarian states such as China and Russia may be able to collect individual data on Americans’ shopping habits, location, and even DNA profiles, allowing for tailor-made disinformation campaigns and even targeted biological attacks and assassinations...."	Foreign Affairs Magazine

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Biological Security - Weekly Update - March 2023

PGA ARCHIVE Past Engagement of UNSCR 1540 Committee/UNSCR 1540 Committee Group of Experts with PGA

PGA ARCHIVE
Past Engagement of UNSCR 1540 Committee/UNSCR 1540 Committee Group of Experts with PGA